How to Add a Date Slicer in Power BI

Quick summary

A date slicer in Power BI lets report viewers filter all visuals by a specific date or date range interactively. This tutorial walks through every step — from selecting the Slicer visual to customizing its display settings in the Format tab.

Steps

1. Open Power BI Desktop and navigate to the Report View.
2. From the Visualizations pane, select the Slicer visual.
3. Drag the Date field from the Fields pane into the slicer.
4. Confirm the slicer defaults to a Date Range display mode.
5. Click the slicer to select it, then open the Format tab.
6. Under Slicer settings, go to Selection and customize the date slicer options.
7. Your date slicer is now ready to filter report data by date.